The Manchurian Candidate

1962 · Directed by John Frankenheimer

Near the end of the Korean War, a platoon of U.S. soldiers is captured by communists and brainwashed. Following the war, the platoon is returned home, and Sergeant Raymond Shaw is lauded as a hero by the rest of his platoon. However, the platoon commander, Captain Bennett Marco, finds himself plagued by strange nightmares and soon races to uncover a terrible plot.

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Cast: Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, Henry Silva, Frank Sinatra, Bess Flowers, Paul Frees, James Gregory, John McGiver, Laurence Harvey, Whit Bissell

Rating: 7.612/10 from 549 votes